Tiger Shroff: Sprinting Forward in Lockdown

Tiger Shroff on his quarantine fitness routine, a new-found love for singing and his next big Bollywood project

Written by Shikha Talwar

Tiger Shroff is a Big Cat in the cultivated wild of Bollywood. He’s elusive, enticing and territorial. Every big-ticket, sucker-punching frame that rolls in Hindi cinema, belongs to him. Well, him and his 10-pack abs. No, we didn’t count the chiselled rocks on his torso. Ranveer Singh did it for us on Instagram and presented a new hypothesis: ‘Ten is the new six.’

The jury’s still out on this. But we’re convinced that Ranveer is right. Yet again. Tiger is indeed an uncontainable mass of energy who’s already picked up(and mastered) a new hobby during the quarantine. “I’ve sort of taken up singing as a hobby. Recently, I’ve done a few live sessions and singing challenges on social media and people have been encouraging me to do it more often,” says the man who can already moonwalk. You do remember Tiger’s famous tribute to Michael Jackson, don’t you?

He’s also updated his daily fitness routine – MMA and cardio – to a more Shroff home-friendly regime, while rocking his trusted ASICS kicks.

Tiger Shroff’s quarantine fitness routine:

“I usually work out an hour after I wake up,” he says. “The first thing I do is run on the treadmill. I also have a monkey bar at home, so I do a lot of workouts on them. Plus, free weight exercises such as pushups, crunches and ab workouts. My goal is to stay fit during this time with whatever I can do indoors.”

While we may not be working out as hard or as much as him, we do have one thing in common with Tiger Shroff, our last binge-watch: The Last Dance. The docuseries is a celebration of Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls dynasty. It features unaired footage from the 1997-’98 season, and needless to say, is an absolute delight to watch.

In other digital treats we can easily add, behind-the-scenes footage from Tiger Shroff’s high-octane action preps, including high-kicks, backflips and stunts, for films such as Baaghi – the most successful film franchise to his name. For now.

Earlier this year, the actor announced a second franchise, the Heropanti franchise, and we think it’ll surpass the fame Baaghi shot him to. After all, Heropanti was his first film. “I’m looking forward to starting shooting for Heropanti 2, which was already on the cards before the lockdown began. We’ve been conducting meetings to discuss work on upcoming projects via Skype and Zoom calls on a regular basis. We will start shooting once everything is back to normal and it’s safe for everyone to get back to work,” he says. Till then, you can enjoy Tiger’s slick moves in his cool ASICS gear on Instagram. And don’t be too surprised if you catch him singing melodiously too!

He’s been the face of the kickass Japanese brand since 2019, and counts multiple of their sneaker drops as his favourite kicks. Their latest drop, the GEL-LYTE™ XXX are his go-to gym shoes. This sneaker combines the design elements of the GEL LYTE™ III model, originally designed by Shigeyuki Mitsui, with a futuristic design and mixed material approach. “They’re comfortable, sporty and even fashionable. I rock them to the gym, when I’m working out. They’re all-rounders in my opinion and I’d recommend them to anyone who’s looking for comfortable and trendy athleisure.”